Foxconn raises salaries a second time this year
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October 2, 2010, Saturday
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FOXCONN, the world's largest electronics contractor which has been plagued by a string of worker suicides, has again raised monthly salaries for employees in a southern China factory.
The rise, from this month, is the second this year for workers at its Shenzhen plant.
Assembly workers will get a rise of about 66 percent to bring salaries to 2,000 yuan (US$298.5) a month, said Liu Kun, a company spokesman.
The rise would benefit 85 percent of workers at the Shenzhen factory, which employed more than 400,000, said Liu.
In June, Foxconn increased salaries by 30 percent, from 900 yuan to 1,200 yuan, for its Shenzhen employees.
"I cannot believe the company will raise salaries for a second time in a year. It means my salary will double," said Wang Xuchu, a Foxconn worker from central China's Henan Province, yesterday.
The legal minimum wage in Shenzhen is 1,100 yuan per month.
Foxconn, whose parent company is the Taiwan-based Hon Hai Group, makes computers, game consoles and mobile phones for companies including Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Nokia.
Suicides at Shenzhen earlier this year prompted improvements in conditions, including higher salaries and activities to boost morale and cherish life.
The rise, from this month, is the second this year for workers at its Shenzhen plant.
Assembly workers will get a rise of about 66 percent to bring salaries to 2,000 yuan (US$298.5) a month, said Liu Kun, a company spokesman.
The rise would benefit 85 percent of workers at the Shenzhen factory, which employed more than 400,000, said Liu.
In June, Foxconn increased salaries by 30 percent, from 900 yuan to 1,200 yuan, for its Shenzhen employees.
"I cannot believe the company will raise salaries for a second time in a year. It means my salary will double," said Wang Xuchu, a Foxconn worker from central China's Henan Province, yesterday.
The legal minimum wage in Shenzhen is 1,100 yuan per month.
Foxconn, whose parent company is the Taiwan-based Hon Hai Group, makes computers, game consoles and mobile phones for companies including Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and Nokia.
Suicides at Shenzhen earlier this year prompted improvements in conditions, including higher salaries and activities to boost morale and cherish life.
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